By resolution 47/193 of 22 December 1992, the General Assembly declared 22 March of each year World Day for Water starting in 1993. It is a unique occasion to remind everybody that concrete efforts to provide clean drinking water and increase awareness world-wide of the problems and of the solutions, can help make the difference. 

In resolution 58/217 of 23 December 2003, the General Assembly proclaimed the period from 2005 to 2015 the International Decade for Action, "Water for Life".

Links to UN and UN System sites:

United Nations

• World Water Day
  
• 5th World Water Forum ( 2008, Istanbul, Turkey)
  
• International Decade for Action : Water for Life, 2005-2015
  
• UN Water, which replaced the ACC Subcommittee on Water Resources, is the focal point for coordinating United Nations system activities in the area of water resources. It is the interagency mechanism to follow up on the Millennium Development Goals concerning freshwater and the water-related decisions adopted at the World Summit on Sustainable Development.
  
• Commission on Sustainable Development
  
• Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Division for Sustainable Development
  • Freshwater
  • Freshwater -Interagency Activities
  • Oceans and Seas
    
• Issues on the UN Agenda - Water
  
• Pumped Up for Peace web site - Drinking Water (Cyberschoolbus)
  
• UN Works for Freshwater
  

FAO

• Gateway to land and water information
• Land and Water Development Division
• Water Resources, Development and Management Service

International Strategy for Disaster Reduction

UNDP and Water

UNEP

• Activities in Freshwater
• Global Environment Management Monitoring System - Water 
• Managing Water for African Cities
  Joint initiative of UNEP and UNCHS -Habitat.

UNESCO

• World Water Day
• Water
• World Water Assessment Programme
• UN System -Water Links Worldwide

UNICEF - Water, Environment and Sanitation

United Nations University

• International Network on Water, Environment and Health
• Drylands Water Management Project

World Bank Group

• Water Resources Management
• Water Supply and Sanitation
• Water and Sanitation Program

World Health Organization

• Water
• Water, Sanitation and Health

World Meteorological Organization

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

The additional resources links on this page are provided for information purposes only and do not necessarily represent an endorsement by the United Nations.

American Water Resources Association

Global Water Partnership

Institute of Water and Environment

International Office for Water

IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre

International Water Association

International Water Management Institute

Programme Solidarité Eau

Stockholm International Water Institute

Universities Council on Water Resources

Water, Engineering and Development Centre

World Resources Institute

Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council

World Water Council

World's Water